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Pretty sleek brew-sarcophagus! Nice job. I have a few questions. How many kegs can it hold max? Are you able to keep it dry enough inside? And most importantly, now that you've had this baby up and running for a while, is there anything you would do differently if you were building it again?

I look forward to hearing the results. Judging from a recent comment, fermentation can get emotional. There are plenty of established notions, right or wrong, that have their ardent defenders. It’s up to each brewer to decide if experimentation in a given area is worthwhile or simply...

It's quite feasible to de-bottle a portion of a batch back into a carboy for further fermentation. Obviously, this plan B is a bit of a hassle but sometimes it is just the thing that can redeem a mediocre beer. The fear of oxidation is overblown. I've done this with about four different ales...

Glad to hear Fall is coming to the rescue. I also have no fermentation temp control other than the trusty ice bath in the summer and a non-auto-shutoff electric blanket in the winter. You're very right to be doing the ice bath as necessary, especially with WLP001 which isn't particularly...

Since this thread has been to China and back again, let me reiterate my lost suggestion as something to do before blending, diluting, bretting and especially before alpha-amylasing. Pitch a small starter of WLP099 (or 001 if the expected abv isn't in the teens) at high-krausen along with an...

Thanks for the comments. I'm open to the oxidation explanation, but I don't know how it's being introduced. Also, I've never heard of oxidation damage improving or going away as seems to happen with time in some of my beers. In response to some of the other comments... Those of my IPAs...

I also love making high-gravity brews and have had occasional trouble getting gravities down, both extract/steep and all-grain. My tried-and-true method is to pitch a small starter of WLP099 (super high gravity yeast) at high-krausen along with an easy feeding of simple sugar (a cup or two...

Yes, I see it pretty frequently. Presently I have about 12 carboys in various stages of conditioning, and a few of them are showing condensation. It's nothing to worry about. Moisture in the air inside the carboy will condense on a cool surface, so perhaps the humidity in the carboy did so...

I apologize in advance for the length of my post. This subject has been in the back of my mind for nearly two years and now it's time to get some other perspectives by joining this much-loved forum. Let me summarize the situation I am encountering during bottle refermentation. A substantial...